tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54511492011-09-28T16:51:23.738-07:00Reise-Krise"The Vacation Crisis"--a diary of our travels.Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1119617133921442892005-06-24T05:23:00.000-07:002005-06-24T05:45:33.963-07:00Dambach-la-villeThe second stop on my weekend excursions around the province was Dambach-la-ville, only one stop up on the one-car train pod from Selestat. Dambach has no historical importance that I know of; it has been a major producer of regional wines for centuries.If there were a town that I could show you pictures of right now, it would be Dambach. It shows almost no signs of modern construction. Hugging Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1119534946530166042005-06-23T06:30:00.000-07:002005-06-23T06:55:46.536-07:00Sélestat (again)Now that my wife is back home, I can travel the way I like. I try to see everything in one day, without stopping for food until it's 9 pm. She calls this slave driving, and refuses to travel this way. But now I can do what I want!On Saturday I went to three places: Sélestat, Dambach-la-ville, and Obernai. The weekend rail pass within the department is less than 8 euros for one day, so I figure I Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1119533394597909212005-06-23T06:27:00.000-07:002005-06-23T06:29:54.603-07:00I may not get my laptop fixed by the time I must return home. Dell France is impossible to work with: I keep burning out telephone card in the phone booths, and every time I get cut off I must start from scratch with them. They also won't answer e-mails. I'll put some stuff up, but the pictures must wait until my triumph back in the US. (Yes, I want to be led around town dressed like JupiterNathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1119371132122188262005-06-21T09:05:00.000-07:002005-06-21T09:25:32.150-07:00Fucked!Is the failure of my research at hand? Perhaps, perhaps not. In the stupendous heat, the fan to my laptop stopped running, and consequently my hard drive motor died. I am waiting to find out if Dell will service the laptop while I am in France.The good news is that I lost only one day of data. I save everything to CD frequently. More good news: I can also still use my digital camera.More more Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1119287865415104842005-06-20T10:04:00.000-07:002005-06-20T10:17:45.423-07:00WissembourgWissembourg is the Alsace of Alsace: an off to the side place that does not completely fit in with the rest. In the northeasternmost corner to the région, Wissembourg diverted from the development of Alsace in a few important ways. It preserved an older dialect Frankish dialect rather than the Alemmanic dialect, and it was unaffected by the explosion of literature that surrounded the invention Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1119004951984167802005-06-17T03:31:00.000-07:002005-06-17T03:53:17.716-07:00BaselThursday of last week we went to Basel. This should have been the one of the high points of the trip. In anticipation I read Jacob Burckhardt’s Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy to get the feel for the intellect of the city (with some attention to Gossmann’s Basel in the Age of Burckhardt). I might be the only American who ever read a detailed account of the little civil war they had in Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1118843646952276912005-06-15T06:52:00.000-07:002005-06-15T07:15:00.290-07:00SélestatLast week, on Tuesday, we took a train to Sélestat. Like Colmar and Strasbourg it was one of the cities of the Decapole, and like Colmar it grew up around the wine trade. Perhaps most significantly, it was a major intellectual center because of the library created by Beatus Rhenanus in the fifteenth century.The coolest thing that we saw in Sélestat was the first: three storks circling us!The old Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1118843460416752182005-06-15T06:47:00.000-07:002005-06-15T06:51:00.423-07:00I’ve come back from Paris, where K returned home (to attend to the bunnies, of course). I should catch up with these entries rather quickly. However, I will be divert some from the diary model.Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1118397873301467542005-06-10T02:59:00.000-07:002005-06-10T03:04:33.310-07:00First Day at the ArchivesMonday I went to the archives. I expected to be put through a long wait, talking to some random archivist about my research. All they wanted was my "numero de lecture" and I was in the reading room and working. I took it easy the first day, spending only two hours looking back over the catalogs (some of which have been reorganized since my last visit).I ordered only two files. One was a Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1118397559729101362005-06-10T02:43:00.000-07:002005-06-10T02:59:19.736-07:00ColmarWe spent Sunday in Colmar, a small city in upper Alsace that grew around the medieval wine trade. It’s history resembles Strasbourg’s: a powerful medieval center with strong artisan and art traditions; significantly changed by the Reformation, although no denomination gained the upper hand; remade by the French to represent aristocratic power and Catholicism. In the nineteenth century Colmar Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1118084266463627472005-06-06T11:56:00.000-07:002005-06-06T11:57:46.470-07:00FlammkuchenOn Saturday we had no change to buy tickets for the tram, and we could not break our huge 50 Euro bills to get any. We were condemned to walk most of the day.At Place Broglie there was an art market. The works were interesting, although I felt that the artists relied too much on African influences, but incorporated African elements abstractly without portraying any warmth. We also went to “theNathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1118084170642614012005-06-06T11:53:00.000-07:002005-06-06T11:58:25.856-07:00The PlaceK refers to my room as “Small House” (referencing the mock reality show in the Geico commercial). She’s right. I have a small room with a small kitchenette and a “bathroom pod” (the small plastic shower, sink and toilette unit that gets put into the rooms of older buildings). The size would not be a problem if there were sufficient storage space. I have not unpacked because there is only a Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1117556069814714692005-05-31T09:09:00.000-07:002005-05-31T09:14:29.820-07:00Maps of AlsaceI guess this one explains the Germanness of Elsaß.Relief of the department of Lower Rhine.Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1117555609933393592005-05-31T08:32:00.000-07:002005-05-31T09:06:49.970-07:00Things to doOK, I am trying to create an itinerary for the things that K and I want to do while in Alsace. One thing is a must: we will meet our friend Uli in Wissembourg, an old Frankish town on the border with Germany. (I think it once served as a residence for the exiled king Stanislaw.) Wissembourg is an old looking town with its ramparts still intact, so we may hike around them.The other place that INathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1084313057826485222004-05-11T15:01:00.000-07:002004-05-11T15:04:17.826-07:00Lyon Off, Looking for a new place to visitAs you might have guest, our planned vacation to the Lyon region of France has been postponed until October. The health of our little bunny Ollie is limiting us. However, Karen's vacation week is only ten days away. We want to go somewhere that will allow us to return quickly home: either somewhere that can be reached by car, train, or one short plane flight. So far, we are considering Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1079019317539188792004-03-11T07:35:00.000-08:002004-03-11T07:37:34.310-08:00Regional trainsOne of the problems that we are having with our trip is determining how we will get around the region. Rhône-Alpes was never a province of its own: it is a modern creation in order to put something in that part of France. If anything, there are several old provinces contained within: Lyon and its hinterland, which have been vaguely associated with Provence (the notion of a "province" was Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1078842278902567492004-03-09T06:24:00.000-08:002004-03-09T06:32:01.060-08:00LugdunumOne of the places that we will almost definitely visit is Lyon (city, tourist office), France's "second city". At the moment, I know but a few facts about the city. The people have been jealous of the position of Paris both in France and in the world. It was the home of Eduard Herriot, one of France's socialist presidents during the 1920s.
More interestingly, Lyon was the first capital of Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1078725113881934242004-03-07T21:51:00.000-08:002004-03-07T21:54:07.030-08:00We may have decided on a destination for our summer vacation: the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1061386853886564442003-08-20T06:40:00.000-07:002003-08-20T06:40:53.930-07:00Here it is: the last post on my trip to Germany!!! If you need to read from the beginning, look back into the archives. The trip starts in early July, and there are about fifteen installments.
Discovering my dissertation research part ?: The Final Stretch
August 10: A Day without a plan
I did not do much on Sunday. I realized that I missed a golden opportunity as the landlady had been Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1060510075222783222003-08-10T03:07:00.000-07:002003-08-10T03:07:55.230-07:00I must apologize for not posting more frequently. I tried to post every two days when I first arrived; I think that I was successful for several weeks. It has become more difficult for me to take the time to compose these entries for a few reasons. One, avoiding the landlady takes time out of my day. I must eat out at least once; I usually do so after I have visited the archives for the day, Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1059938557894360192003-08-03T12:22:00.000-07:002003-08-03T12:22:37.880-07:00I have less than two weeks before I am reunited with my wife and all my pets. I cannot wait.
Discovering my dissertation research part 13
August 1: What the hell is this big mess of old letters?
This was a mildly productive and very uninteresting day. I went to the archives. I saw nothing of the landlady, although I heard her early speaking to Rene. At the archives I looked over a few Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1059773869536607302003-08-01T14:37:00.000-07:002003-08-01T14:37:49.486-07:00Discovering my dissertation research part 12
I have decided to avoid any activities that will get the landlady going. Specifically, I no longer cook anything complex. I eat out as much as I can.
July 29: Research at HAStK
I started my research at the Cologne Municipal Archives (HAStK.) I was very happy that I would not have to take the train for at least one hour today, and that I could Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1059421420156940692003-07-28T12:43:00.000-07:002003-07-28T12:43:40.163-07:00Discovering my Dissertation Research Part 11
July 25: Staying away
I was in bed for a long time. I felt no compulsion to wake up. Rene knocked on the door to tell me that he was leaving for the weekend to see his fiancé in Hamburg. I mumbled something to him and fell back to sleep.
I did get out of bed by 11. I had to do some laundry, especially if I were going to go away for the weekend.Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1059309691082763552003-07-27T05:41:00.000-07:002003-07-27T05:41:31.106-07:00I should have completed a new entry for today, but I am too nerous and anxious to get it done. The landlady has become more erratic. Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1059128256990627022003-07-25T03:17:00.000-07:002003-07-25T03:17:37.046-07:00Discovering my dissertation research part X
July 23, 2003: Nothing much but the work
I did not plan to do anything interesting this day. I would only go the archives and work. I did even less than what I planned.
In order to have files to read right when I arrive, I must order them the day before. I did so on Tuesday, asking for two new files and to hold the one that I was looking at when INathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1058978100902708652003-07-23T09:35:00.000-07:002003-07-23T09:44:57.083-07:00July 20, 2003: Chocolate disaster
I slept in very late; I was still aching from the grueling walks around Zollverein and to and from the Villa Huegel. Even when I did finally get out of bed, there was little that I wanted to do. It was too hot, inside and outside.
There were several things that compelled me to go outside. First, I finished the previous blog and entry and was eager to post Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1058699290831345402003-07-20T04:08:00.000-07:002003-07-20T04:08:10.900-07:00Discovering my dissertation research Part VIII
Things have quieted down with the landlady. She is doing less nitpicking, and I feel more comfortable here.
Friday, 7/18: Clean and Pressed in the Belgische Veedel
No Dusseldorf for me today!!! I can only stand so much archive each week, and I have had enough!!! Instead, I did something more important: MY OWN LAUNDRY. Everything is so soft, Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1058470092745034692003-07-17T12:28:00.000-07:002003-07-17T12:28:12.803-07:00Preserving my sanity (formerly Discovering my Research) part VII
Day 15: After the nuttiness
After the aforementioned incident (BTW, she also through out a good onion,
and the carrots went bad the next day) I wondered around Cologne. I brought
my little guide book with me and decided to take one of the walk that it
suggested, which started around Neumarkt (the shopping area) and went west.
Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1058280190710869172003-07-15T07:43:00.000-07:002003-07-15T07:43:10.606-07:00UPDATE
When I got home from the archive today, the landlady informed of things that I was doing wrong. This is becoming a ritual, and she chastises me for things that I was not responsible for or that was not a regular thing.
Today, she told me that I needed to recycle the square cartons that my soy milk comes in because it is plastic. She told me that I needed to take out the bottled for Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1058279649436478372003-07-15T07:34:00.000-07:002003-07-15T07:36:02.666-07:00Discovering my Dissertation Research part VI
Days 13 and 14: Taking things slowly
There are few specific things to report for these two days, so I will combine them together.
I spent Sunday doing almost nothing. I spent as much time as possible in apartment so that I would not tax my knees. I left briefly in order to get some food at a local establishment (nothing special, just some roasted Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1058101595799918622003-07-13T06:06:00.000-07:002003-07-13T06:06:35.873-07:00Day 10: Ambulatory
I did so little this day that it would be painful (for the reader) if I were to detail everything. To say the least I stayed in Cologne. I did little that was nothing noteworthy. I did try a different vegetarian restaurant, Sproesslings. This restaurant, only a few blocks from the cult-vegetarian place I ate at over the weekend, was very pleasant. It was a beautiful, Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1057845529282172302003-07-10T06:58:00.000-07:002003-07-10T06:58:49.110-07:00Discovering my Dissertation Research Part IV
Day Eight: A little more Dusseldorf
I began the day, as I will most, taking the train up to Dusseldorf. The landlady is gone for several days,
which is welcome relief for me (and perhaps Rene, although he has said nothing) because she tends to
be obsessive-compulsive. At the archive I tried to get down to more interesting work. I would delve
into Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1057689005525800722003-07-08T11:30:00.000-07:002003-07-08T11:30:05.493-07:00There are new pictures up in the photo album. I had to pick them randomly because I could not see them on the computer from which I uploaded them. I will choose better later.Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1057594403346058232003-07-07T09:13:00.000-07:002003-07-07T09:13:23.380-07:00Update: I spoke to someone on the train, a man who is a refugee from Togo. He knows little German, and he was surprised that someone knew French (at first I thought he was from New York.) Anyway, I tried to give him my e-mail as he was rushing off the train, but my handwriting was probably illegible.
BTW, my spelling is lacking.
Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1057594284831097142003-07-07T09:11:00.000-07:002003-07-07T09:11:24.876-07:00Discovering my dissertation research, part III
Day Five: Shopping in Cologne
Today I spent taking care of some practicalities. It was not terribly interesting.
I discovered late last night that I had left by pajamas back at Uli's. I awoke this morning to discover
that it was really cold outside, and I had not brought a jacket with me. I needed a map and some sort
of guidebook for the city.Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1057422548231141522003-07-05T09:29:00.000-07:002003-07-05T09:29:08.213-07:00Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1057421934592651732003-07-05T09:18:00.000-07:002003-07-05T09:29:23.463-07:00Discovering my dissertation research
Day three: Mannheim and Heidelberg
I awoke by 8:30, just about when Uli was about to leave for work (he has been helping his advisor edit an article about Waterloo–a “student job”, as he put it.) We planned to meet later in the day and head off until Mannheim; in the meantime I would explore Mannheim on my own.
Mannheim, as I have said before, is an overlyNathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1057225112388476592003-07-03T02:38:00.000-07:002003-07-03T02:38:32.360-07:00Day One: the flight to Zurich
I hate flying. This is no secret. But at the moment the airline is delaying the departure of the plane in order to inspect mechanical difficulties (a part that wasn’t working properly while they were flying into New York.) And they already boarded us. What if they need to put us on a different plane? I am less concerned about arriving late than what a change of Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1056206838444326892003-06-21T07:47:00.000-07:002003-06-25T19:48:58.626-07:00List of things to do in NRW
I want to compile a list of links of things to do and see in NRW. However, this is taking some time. I will try my best to get these ready. Many of the site are in German. English translations are hidden behing the Union jacks. Also look for links to pictures (Bild or Bilder.)
Eifel Region
Aachen
Pfalzkapelle
Schatzkammer: museum of medieval religious treasuresNathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1056123068626300082003-06-20T08:31:00.000-07:002003-06-20T08:31:08.620-07:00Setbacks and Acquisitions
I made a mistake with my airline ticket. I gave the agents the wrong returning date. I had to spend more money as a result. However, the American Airlines agent did wave the change fee, probably because I called so quickly after receiving the printed tickets. The new ticket costs a total of $740. The bad news: I did not get the lower fare that I wanted (that was Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1055911603264726362003-06-17T21:46:00.000-07:002003-06-17T21:48:20.240-07:00What to do in North Rhineland-Westphalia?
I have been puzzling over this as well. The tourism website provides some ideas for things that I might do over the weekend. I am especially interested in those things that are related to the rise of industry in the area (as it was the first place for industry to appear in Continental Europe.)
BTW, from now on I will refer to the state by its Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1055686696128038382003-06-15T07:18:00.000-07:002003-06-15T07:18:19.273-07:00It looks as if I have settled many of the issues that I had with my upcoming research trip. I was having problems finding a place to stay in Dusseldorf on short notice. Many places had been taken up very quickly (there was one listing to take up a room in a place with an artist and his son, but the listing disappeared the next day before I could request it from the real estate agency.) So I Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1055463678495044382003-06-12T17:21:00.000-07:002003-06-12T17:21:18.703-07:00Exploring my Nuevomexicano Roots part VI
Day Seven
We started the day rather quickly. Karen promised me that I could be the slave-driver that I always wanted her to be, going from place to place without stop (the only proviso was that I provide coffee to start the day.) We drove to the plaza area at the center of Santa Fe, parking near the cathedral. (We did not visit the cathedral itself Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1055463406471058552003-06-12T17:16:00.000-07:002003-06-12T17:16:46.680-07:00Exploring my Nuevomexicano Roots part V
If you are interested in reading part I-IV, they appear below in reverse chronological order.
Day Six
Our last day in Cimarron. Our last day at Case de Gavilan. We would no longer have to go through those “what if” scenarios that made us feel as if we were out in the middle of nowhere. Our plan was to drive to Santa Fe, but we would take a slightly Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1055185966836455742003-06-09T12:12:00.000-07:002003-06-09T12:12:46.850-07:00I am currently working on my trip to Germany. This will be a research trip, but I also hope to take some time for weekend travel. I will be gone for eight weeks (a little less than two months) and I will stay in Dusseldorf and Cologne. I will also visit an archive in Monchengladbach, but I hope to purchase a rail pass for one week that will allow me to visit it.
Dusseldorf, like many other Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054954262222024792003-06-06T19:51:00.000-07:002003-06-06T19:51:02.190-07:00Check out this blog about a family who has left the US to live in the South Pacific:
The Island ChroniclesNathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054953647043018602003-06-06T19:40:00.000-07:002003-06-06T19:40:47.016-07:00I have added a direct link to out photos in the menu on the right.Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054874956539764362003-06-05T21:49:00.000-07:002003-06-05T21:49:37.673-07:00Parts I-IV of our New Mexico vacation (Exploring my Nuevomexicano roots) appear below in reverse chronological order. The Yahoo picture links should now work.
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Review of Hotel: The Historic Taos Inn
The Taos Inn is a nice place to stay. It is right in the center of town, so you can walk to the shopping plaza and some of the museums with few Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054860989016352922003-06-05T17:56:00.000-07:002003-06-06T19:39:58.916-07:00Exploring my Nuevomexicano Roots part IV
If you are interested in reading parts I-III of our travel experiences to New Mexico, they appear below in reverse chronological order.
Day Five
We were very well rested after our night's sleep. The area around the Gavilan was very quiet, very dark, and as a result, very peaceful. We awoke with the hope that our day would be filled with hiking. The BNathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054730658314842712003-06-04T05:44:00.000-07:002003-06-04T05:44:41.913-07:00Review of Travel Guide: Santa Fe (Fodor's Compass Series)
Karen and I were disappointed in the quality of guides that are available for New Mexico. Only a few are stand alone: New Mexico is usually bundled with Arizona or, even worse, with all the "Southwestern" states (Arizona, Nevade, Colorado.)
We chose the Compass book because it appeared to focus on the areas of New Mexico that we most Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054693688030869702003-06-03T19:28:00.000-07:002003-06-04T15:10:05.423-07:00Exploring my Nuevomexicano Roots part III
Part I
Part II
The Saturday before Memorial Day was the last day that we planned to stay in Taos. My wife wanted to go somewhere quiet rather than be caught up in the festivities, whether they were recreational or memorial. The weekend had only increased the influx of bikers, increasing the noise such that the town had a constant ambient grumble. We Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054693630037892762003-06-03T19:27:00.000-07:002003-06-03T19:50:17.040-07:00Exploring my Nuevomexicano roots part II
Day Three
Our attempts to defeat the noise and traffic of Memorial Day was defeated by the early morning noise of hundreds of Harleys passing by the inn. Yes, Taos and the surrounding area hosted a biker rally (I hadn't noticed the "bikers welcome" signs beforehand.) All that could be heard was the rumbling of the most inefficient engine ever built (I Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451149.post-1054691972538047672003-06-03T18:59:00.000-07:002003-06-04T21:37:08.203-07:00Exploring my Nuevomexicano roots
The wife and I just returned from our vacation to New Mexico. We would never have believed that we could have had such a rich travel experience within the US. I think it will take me several days to write about those experiences.
New Mexico Tourism Links
Discover New Mexico
State Dept. of Tourism
Yahoo guide
Day One
Our trip started in Albuquerque. It Nathanaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.com0